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Obama's media buying strategy has been marked by a willingness to work the angles and to try to pick up a few votes at the margins. The decision to go to everything from extensive radio buys to odd-hour infomercials reflects the fact that the campaign media buyers spend a lot of time thinking about how much persuasion any given dollar can buy, and given a very cheap format — late night cable channels that need filler, for instance — will settle for a thimblefull of persuasion.

The satellite channel is the latest of these marginal gambits: Three readers from different parts of the country email that Channel 073-00 on the Dish Network is now labeled OBAMA. ("What is up with Sen. Obama having his own channel?" asks a St. Louis reader.) The channel plays his two-minute ad laying out his economic plan on a loop, over and over.

The only explanation: The media buyers think they can reach enough people per dollar to make it worth the odd buy.

The channel's appearance has provoked scorn and alarm on conservative blogs, though, and some discussion on a forum for Satellite TV aficionados, where one user writes that a Dish Network executive e-mailed to reassure the user that it "is paid advertising by the Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Sen. Obama by DISH Network" and will broadcast through Nov. 4.

"DISH Network Channel 73 is paid advertising by the Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Senator Obama by DISH Network. DISH Network made the same offer to the McCain campaign, an offer that remains open," Dish Network spokesman Parker McConachie emailed Politico.

UPDATE: Thursday, viewers said, the Obama channel started airing a wider variety of Obama content than just his two-minute ad, including other ads and the video that introduced him at the Democratic National Convention.

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WOW! I imagine this is what it is like to live in North Korea or Nazi Germany. Children singing your praises and having your own channel you run propaganda 24 hours a day to indoctrinate the ignorant masses.
Someone save us from 4 years of this....

This obama wants the economy down, so therefor the issue will only be to be able to criticize the Republicans.
When the truth is that the DEMS messed up the economy, he wont face it. he rather want that the economy should sinmk more and more, and the issue shouldnt be "who is a leader"
because when it comes to this point, this obama is idiot, NOT a leader! he is worth not even a penny.
well, atleaset he can take people on a ride that he knows econmy.
hell-no! he knows ZERO.
this guy is simply not educated, well, im not saying hat because he is black, (as you want to say now).
im just pin-pointing to the fact, that this guy has no education, pleeease we are beeing driven by the stupid libarel media.i cant understand how people are so dumb, following a african/ameriacn, who never went to school, never went to the military, never attned to any US cermony?
this american guys are CRAZY!
they are dumb!!
make your right decisison, and go out voet for McCain/pailin.
if you want to still be proud american heros.
if you will just follow this hussain bamba youll get to iran's hands....
Go, McCain /Pailin

When have some guy named "Will, Good" making thousands of $25 Visa & Master Card contributions to your campaign from every state in the country and many foreign countries you have to quickly spend it on something before the Federal Elections Commission notices the discrepancies in individual contribution totals...

Do any of you liberals think for yourselves? I am not a Conservative or a Liberal. However, alot of things do not add up on this guy (Obama). I am not a supporter of McCain by any stretch of the imagination. However, trying to objective as I can. I wonder where Obama is getting his money? The reason I ask is because he cites alot of lobbying going on in the McCain camp. However, Obama has unlimited funds coming from somewhere. So, where is this money coming from. Lobbyist? I wonder who they are? Does this concern anyone? Doesn't it concern any of you liberals who influenced this man in the past( Rev Wright)? Do any of you really listen to exactly what he is saying rather than just a part of what they call a message? Do any of you realize how he is going to raise taxes on the middle-class? He will do this by not renewing the Bush tax cuts. So, believe it or not, he is going to raise your taxes and you don't event know it. My friends, the rich got wealthy by not being stupid. They will get their money one way or another. If Obama decides to raise the taxes on them, the wealthy will raise their prices on us. I would do it. If I was that wealthy, I would get my money one way or the other. I am not that Conservative. Just business minded. I do not care if you think Liberal or Conservative. Just use your brain to read through the lines on both sides. When you get down to it. Do both parties really care about your interest? Do they really know you on a personal level? Please they are pursuing their own self-interests just like the rest of us. They want your vote. That is it. Both parties are responsible for our nations demise. They both vote partisan with one objective in mind. They only care about supporting their own parties objectives and leave the rights of the people on the floor. If you think Obama is different, you are in denial. I leave you this. Can he deliver all of the promises that he has made? He has basically promised a chicken in every pot. However, I do not think he has enough chickens. This election reminds me so much of the Clinton campaign of 1992. He also had plans for lowering taxes for the middle-class. This is until he got in office and he raised them not a month into his term.

Oh-my-god...
Propaganda machine say what...first it's little brain washed kids singing communist style about their leader...probably at gun point.
And now it's a media firestorm of propaganda...If it isn't clear now, I don't know that it ever will be. This man will limit our freedoms in an unprecedented way.
People better start buying their Bibles and Guns now. It won't be long before they're banned.

HA! Like he needed to buy a channel! He already gets free advertising via the networks. you know, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, BET, and the rest. This guy's ego is bigger than this country can handle. Hope that this 24/7 channel for NObama is entertaining to all of you kool-aid drinkers! Maroons!

He's got campaign money to spend as his campaign see fit. All these people talking about the channel. If you don't like it, don't watch it. It is a CHOICE. Another thing, why do people always say the other networks are for Obama, but never say Fox is for McCain? I'll agree, there are certain individuals that there choice can be easily seen, but that is not indicative of the entire network. Joe Scarbough and Pat Buchannon are Republicans voting McCain. Olbermann, Maddoux, definitely Obama, other news anchors ??? Fox morning show, defintley McCain. O'reilly, definetly McCain. Everybody else,definetly McCain, except Holmes and the ONLY one who seems to be impartial is Greta. Even Britt Hume at least admitted that Foxnews has more conservative people and shows than the rest. You only need to look at their articles. Please tell me the last time you saw anything negative about McCain on Fox, while daily you see articles trying to tie Obama to all sorts of stuff. How is that fair and balanced?

Great. JSM and BHO should each have their own campaign channel. They should remove all their political "change" garbage from the rest of the channels so we can have our mindless commercials back. Then we can channel surf avoiding the 2 campaign channels without risk of seeing either of these 2 idiots.

How had that feeling going up their leg? Mine's coming down :)
Drink up kool aid drinkers.
More people were MURDERED in CHICAGO in the past 6 months then have been killed in Iraq? Should we move out of Chicago too. Great job BO.
By they way, how much are you paying Foul Al Sharpton & Bro Jesse Action JackAss to shut up? You must be paying them ALOT OF MONEY since we haven't heard a peep out of them.

Obama's economic advisers from Fannie are some of the ones that caused this economic mess. Instead of being punished, one of them walked away with $90 million dollars, and we're paying for it? Money talks as usual. Actions speak louder than words. The Obama Campaign accepted over $520,000 from Fannie and Freddie. In 2005 John McCain co-sponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005.
The Bill was never passed. John McCain addressed the floor on May 26th, 2006. Here is an excerpt:
"I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.
I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation."
This bill was shot down by the Democrats and some Republicans in Congress.
John McCain fought two years ago to shield the American people from the crisis some of us are facing.
Obama is all talk all of the time, while McCain made the effort to get something done for Americans.
McCain / Palin '08 COUNTRY 1st

It's like watching sheep being herded off to slaughter and not even knowing it. Everyone there in the US is going to be speaking Russian or Chinese after Obama get's done with your country. English will be a 3rd language, right after Spanish!

Check out Robyn's post below! What a hoot! Conservatives are such a knee jerk group! And their puffy man McCain is the Papa Jerk.
"I called Dish TV this morning and cancelled, I get Directv next week, as of today they do not carry Barry. The costumer service rep told me he was glad they carried that channel.
Posted By: Robyn | October 02, 2008 at 01:06 PM"

I feel like I'm starting to live in a Iraq Saddam world. Saddam had a huge ego also. Now we have Obama shoved down our faces by having his own channel. Next we will be seeing pictures of Obama plastered on sides of buildings. Wake up people. Obama has a huge ego.

Oh WOW! they got a lot of money. How about just distribute that money to people in need of it than spending it on "The Obama Channel" A lot of his supporters are already sure he's going to win, so why is "the Obama Channel" still needed?

I saw this channel early this morning while surfing. I swear, Obama already has ALL of the media in his pocket with the exception of ten employees at Fox, one at CNN (Lou Dobbs), and one on HNN (Glenn Beck) and a handful of AM talk radio shows. Why the HELL does he need an OBAMA channel? I'm calling DISH today and canceling in favor of DirecTV or uVerse.
OH, to senior johncollontano, we Native Americans take exception to your claims to this land. First, Spanish (Latino?) Europeans encroached on the lands of the Hopi, Comanche & Navajo all the way up to the Sioux and the land still wasn't 'yours'. Then, the Meztiso..the land still wasn't yours. Never was. Now it's the U.S.A. You never had any claim to this land and La Raza is a racist fascist socialist group. Anyone who is born here in the U.S.A. can claim this land but you can't claim it for any 'race' or any other country.

Priceless!
Now the Permanent Republican Majority sees bias b/c Obama bought airtime. Almost as laughable as those right-wing nutters who were screaming bias about Biden working the airwaves after the first debate while their gal hid out in a cave. Actually I think channel 73 is beaming down from black helicopters, I can hear them now...

Go Sarah Palin, the way the left is lying about you, you must scare the hell out of those ****s. The boring stuffed shirts against you and the American public in general quake in their boots running against an honest hardworking woman. Your opponent Obama as a youth in his own words used drugs, cocaine, mary j, smack? Now as a poor black teenager how did he support his big drug habit? A poor Black youth has two choices. Either steal or sell drugs to support his habit. Question? Does Obama still use drugs? How do you feel about having a former drug dealer as president? My how this country has collasped morally. Caio! WWTerry

Martiniano Yes I did switch unlike most of you liberals I do for myself not off the backs of other people or my government.
What is better I get more from Direct then dish for less, WOW imagine that it leaves more money in my pocket, oops nevermind Barry will dig deep and take that too if he becomes POTUS and has those of us who make money dig deep to support those who don't want to work or attempt to better themselves you know ... the new socialist err welfare plan.

Lion Pits & History
Interesting in history too is the punishment that criminals received, Babylonians threw criminals to lion pits, Israelis rock-stoned people to death, Romans put criminals live nailed to stakes until dead or threw them into the Roman games for lions and tigers to eat them alive. Was that fair punishment?
Not sure the answer to that. But it sure worked, people were in fear of doing wicked deeds against the state and people. Sorcerers were bad in most cultures, in the USA they are actually accepted, strange. They used to throw them to lion-pits. I have heard in news reports of mass-murderers, cults who gang rape, sorcerers who use demon-crafts to break down society. I used to watch the ?Greatest American Hero? on TV, now I watch Blair Witch, Angel-Demon?, Buffy, Faces-of-death, molestation trials, those are the newer things we watch. I wonder if the bad deeds of Americans which has been allowed is the cause of allowing our sky-scrapers to fall? If I were king I would probably like lion-pits, alligator-pits, shark-pits, they are hungry animals which need to be fed. They don?t care what they eat really. I was thinking maybe judges could decide who dies, then some other group could decide rather it be the lions, alligators, or sharks. That is kind of nifty, that actually saves on food bills, no electricity or drug-shots required. Hey, ya it sounds gruesom. Would you rather have a building blow up every few years?
People are clearly like dogs and worse for sure. Dogs often respect their masters. Obviously many people are really not dogs, not humane, they are just wicked. But they often can understand fear, and if not they can be in the food chain.

This Obama phenomenon is really scary, almost cult like. I think it is healthy to want change, but the change that is going to come with Obama is not the kind of change I want. If he gets elected I think his change is not going to be what most people thought it would be. He is not being truthful to the people about his changes.

Ain't it funny how Repugs always manage to pull out the book of Revelations WHENEVER there's a chance that a Democrat could win an election? Whem all else fails, use the principles of God as a fear agent to win! Pathetic.

HERE IS A QUOTE,"LOL!!! You guys kill me. Obama's team is covering every angle. These guys are exceptionally talented, and exceptionally competent. The more I see them operate, the more confidence I have in their intelligence and ability to run this country."" END OF QUOTE... here is my reply, as given by George Washington---"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."---- any out there need this translated?

"He who controls the Present Controls the Past, and he who controls the Past controls the Future"!
2 Minute Ad = 2 Mintues of Hate!
The "Truth Sqaud", the Main Stream Media playing the role of the "Ministry of Truth", Obama promising everything under the sun, the Ministry of Plenty". This has so quickly gotten out of control it's scares me greatly!
INGSOC, INGSOC!!!
Big Brother is watching you!

If McCain bought a channel, the lefties would be screaming about the 'Republican Money Machine' ... But if Obama does it, then it's 'brilliant' ... you people are all sheep. I don't care which one of these guys gets elected, because being in the lower-middle class means I'm screwed either way, it's just a matter of who gets my money -- rich businessmen or lazy imbeciles.

As if the mainstream ("drive-by") media wasn't enough, now Senator Obama-mama has to have his visage reach all. Hopefully, on Nov. 5th, this guy and his lame-brained followers will go back into hiding for another four years.

I hear they are going to have Obama lunch boxes, Obama pajamas and Eua de Obama. We already know the Obama cool-aid is a huge success. Scariest thing about all this is almost 50% of Americans sing, dance and shout how Obama is going to change the world, but nobody yet can clearly express how exactly that will happen. David Dinkins was voted in as NYC mayor for the same excuse. Change and hope and don't you dare vote against a black man lest ye be slimed as a racist. God help us all.

Isn?t pathetic how liberals preach about being the most tolerant, smarter, perfect folks on earth unless you are a Republican or Christian or think it is weird that a Presidential Candidate is acting like Hugo the dictator? If Liberals and Obama the king of Liberalism really want the Republican Party to vote for them or work with them down the road, why do you feel the need to call us names, have a truth squad with Police Officers threaten jail time without cause, key off bumpers stickers that say McCain, early voting that is slap in the face to voter?s rights, get in our face and tell us we are evil and can?t debate with any facts present?

It is not surprising that Mr.Hussein Obama has his own channels which is GE--NBC,MSNBC,CNBC,Telemundo,and his own media coterie-COURIC,CAMPBELL,MATHEWS and DOBERMAN and His own Huffington Post, New York Times.Why not he has a budget of 1/2 BILLION dollars and his own pastors and that is why he did not stay in budget and refused federal money for election.No wonder Hanoi Jane,Moscow Streisand,Cuba Affleck are all against our national hero McCain.

There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to.... The ObaMAO Nation

Well, he's already written two autobiographies about himself; what's out of character about buying a channel to run a continuous loop about how wonderful he is?? I bet he sits there every night and just marvels at himself.

His use of campaign funds is now in question. What a waste of money! He already has all of the major mainstream networks on his side, why buy another? Isn't it enough to have Keith Olberdork and Chris "tingles" Matthews carrying his water? A little peek at how he'd waste taxpayer dollars? America can't afford this dufus!

His use of campaign funds is now in question. What a waste of money! He already has all of the major mainstream networks on his side, why buy another? Isn't it enough to have Keith Olberdork and Chris "tingles" Matthews carrying his water? A little peek at how he'd waste taxpayer dollars? America can't afford this dufus!

I just notified dish network that I plan to switch to direct tv. If they start running that crap there, I'll give up broadcast tv and just watch the shows I'm interested in when they get released to dvd or the internet.

I can't wait for the Obammy underwear and toilet paper with the likeness of the "messiah" in the crotch and on each sheet of paper. I will cook me up a huge pan of my famous five alarm chili and down a couple of brewskies. The next day I promise a nice shart in his face in the underwear and many bulging eyes staring up from the brown on the many sheets of striking paper. If I'm lucky and find some with Michelle's picture, I guarantee to burn of every nappy hair on her ugly head. Now that's dam good chile!!!

Judging from Obamas position in the polls these Orwellian tactics actually work. The U.S.A has become corrupted. A so called enlightened people. What a joke, you are all a bunch brain washed fools. Have another glass of Koolaid for your glorious leader Obama.

Democrats Need to Revolt Against Your Democratic Leadership!!!!!!!!!!!
Hard working Democrats it is time to revolt against your Democratic Leadership. The Democratic Party created this entire mortgage mess with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by jamming 100% mortgaged housing loans to low income individuals. They then forced banks to comply otherwise it would be considered discriminatory. Obviously this was totally stupid giving loans to people that are not qualified to have a loan, but the Democrats will do anything to get a vote! Then the Democrats have controlled congress for the past 2 years and stopped the Republicans from making necessary changes to eliminate loans to people who were not qualified. So, the Democrats start yelling that the Republicans are just disciminating against minorities. So, it is obvious that the Democrats are 100% responsible for this entire mess and it is cost you and me for their total irresponsibility concerning this matter. The Democrat leadership ? Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, Rheid and Obama ? have failed America and should be thrown out of office. Just look at your stock portfolio and the reduction of the value of your house. Aren?t you mad? It is time for mutiny on the bounty and throw these scum bag Democrats out of house. The Democratic leadership is so pathetic in their leadership that close to 100 Democrats voted against the bill. If the Democratic leadership can only get 60% of their representatives to follow them ? then you have a clear sign that they are not leaders. Hard working Democrats unite and let your voice be heard. What you are really allowing to happen is that we are bailing out the failed leadership of Pelosi, Frank, Dodd, Rheid and Obama. We need to clean up Washington once and for all! We need to eliminate all loans to non qualified buyers. The 100% financing to low income non qualified individuals must be stopped immediately before any of hard working American money is given to the bail out. Otherwise, we will be back in the soup one more time!

I have Two questions I hope someone will answer...why is it that when a Democrat disagrees with a Republican's views they have to make personal attack. If a democrat has the right to be pro choice, why do I not have the right to be pro life without being called names and someone suggesting I am mental.
If anyone has taken the time to define "Executive Experience" Palin is the only one in the race that has any, it may not be much but Obama has none. Why is it okay to attack Palin for her lack of experience and she is only the VP candicate and Obama gets a pass an he is going for the Presidency.
I am deeply saddened that there is such a deep hatred for Republicans that Democrats have to lower themselves to name calling and personal attacks. This has become a very sad hate filled country.
Now take your best shots, call me what ever names you please..call me an idiot.. It only proves my point.

Now there is a reason if I ever heard one for wishing the Chinese or Russians would take out another satellite!!!
Looping the same 2 minute ad huh? I knew that Obambi was a broken record... this just proves it!

How much is DISH Network charging? Are subscribers having to take the channel in lieu of another channel? Is it a packaged deal , with oh maybe Oprah's channel? Maybe Oprah paid over full price so Obama could get a discount, or was that Rezko? Boycott *********** for subjecting its viewers to an infomercial channel without proving the truth in advertising.

Anyone noticing a trend here? Last night I watched little kids singing the praises of the great Obama, and now I see he has his own channel on TV. Sounds a bit too much like Kim Jong Il and others of that ilk. Next come the billboards on every corner and statues of the Great One in every public square. Guess we should start getting used to it, unless McCain can pull it out.

This is so AWESOME! I really enjoy Obama and hope he wins. I was a McCain/Palin supporter until the debates and McCain's skit about suspending his campaign for a political stunt. He doesn't even care about the middle-class.
I hope Obama show some SNL skits on his channel :D

This is kind of like State Run TV in such places like oh say... Nazi Germany... or Communist Russian/china...

Dont Dems see, that Obama has turned into the big ugly machine that poor people have been fighting against throughout history... Dems Created a monster.. Barackasaurus, Kind of like the cookie monster but brown and with big ears..

Is it ironic that this channel is replaying a 2 minute ad on economic policy? How much money is being used per hour, per day, etc?
Isn't it also ironic that it is the same ad being replayed when his campaign is all about "change"?

Wow I guess there really are a lot of idiots in this country and apparantly they all post on the internet. Come on people lets get real here, Obama is neither the Devil or the Mesiah, he's merely a man. If he gets elected he won't save the world but neither will it end. Hell there's going to a lot of disappointed people after this election is over and they realize that just about everything is going to be pretty much the same as it ever was. So Obama has bought himself a channel that is going to re-run his ads over and over, big deal, who cares. Probably most the U.S. will never see it anyway and those who are really upset over it (need to get a life for starters) can just not ever tune your tv to it. Is it really that hard?

This 82 year old harkens back to Hitler's rise...brainwashing, promises to all, youth organizations...can't wait to see what 'salute' the Chosen One will require! Instead of Jews it will be those who have demonstrated any degree of successful effort! If one lives long enough....

yeah seriously, Is the dear leader going to loop the video of his disciples singing about how they will change the world.Poor abused Obama children. I want to go liberate them from under Obama's iron boot.

I don't know why everyone is so upset over this. McShame owns Fox, ABC, and CNN. Obama has never been given a break from the national media like the "war hero" McShame has been given. What does this say about America when he is forced to do this to get his word out to the masses. If Obama was white this wouldn't be an issue. People get over it, America is ready for a Black Leader.

"Wow I guess there really are a lot of idiots in this country and apparantly they all post on the internet. Come on people lets get real here, Obama is neither the Devil or the Mesiah, he's merely a man. If he gets elected he won't save the world but neither will it end. Hell there's going to a lot of disappointed people after this election is over and they realize that just about everything is going to be pretty much the same as it ever was. So Obama has bought himself a channel that is going to re-run his ads over and over, big deal, who cares. Probably most the U.S. will never see it anyway and those who are really upset over it (need to get a life for starters) can just not ever tune your tv to it. Is it really that hard?"
I'm sure folks in Germany and Russia thought the same thing once upon a time. Maybe nothing will change... but what if it does? The signs are there; do you really want to take that chance?

Wonder if the palestinians and saudi's paid for it. I understand a lot of money has flowed into his campaign coffers this way. Also his education was paid for by them too, according to an article I read. He's a snake in the grass and people had better wake up before our country is gone. It became a lot more socialist just last night with the senate vote.

I immediately canceled my subscription to Dish Networks and will return to local digital. Not only is there a channel for Obama, but it actually interrupts other programming with a notice to press "select" to switch to the Obama channel... outrageous.

There's only one way to describe this: Arrogance -- pure unbridled arrogance. We've got cable, but if I had Dish Network, I'd cancel them in a heartbeat and switch to DirecTV, assuming they don't do something equally offensive.

Only in gullible America would a man who doesn't even care about Americans, a son of a Muslim be able to fool most of 'em. Scary, insane - it's only the tip of the iceberg for this mad man who is surely akin to Hitler in his domination of the youth, propaganda and the media. Wake up America, fight for your country and fellow Americans because this man is very, very dangerous. His ego knows no bounds. The kids voting for the next President equate it to phoning or texting in their vote like they do for the American Idol show that's how chilling all of this is. Come out and vote for someone, anyone other than this Marxist elitist. I'm not evena Republican but that party looks pretty good to me given the option of Obama.

The funny thing to me is, this is scary, but it's smart at the same time. And all those who cry foul would be singing praises had it been McCain. Just face it. This is the age we live in. And just like any other channel, YOU CAN TURN IT OR TURN IT OFF. Now if it was on every channel then it's time to chart a different course. But for now I'm going for Obama. Hell, maybe we can win the next couple of wars without dropping blood and we'll take over Canada and Mexico with Barack's Orwellean like demeanor.

i think anyone that does not like this is not thinking outside the box, Obama is trying to win, this is how you win. Maybe there are people out there that do not know much about Obama, well now they can tune in and get the info you need, Mccain should have took them up on the offer, instead of whining about LIFE NOT BEING FAIR

He tells everyone to go to his web site to read his economic plan. Why not just tell us? The channel is running 24 hours a day. Reminds me of Kerry, when asked what he was going to do, all he ever said was ?go to my web site?.

Good for you who love the clown. I have to avoid shooting out my plasma tv everytime he comes on with some comment. I can't stand watching his head bobble from left to right even with no teleprompter. That's okay though, I have all my things in cash and guns now in case he gets elected.

After a hard day helping people deal with serious problems, it provides some comic relief to see the ridiculous postings of conservatives on this blog. Of course these shallow souls can blindly follow only one rule "If a Democrat does it, it's bad, but if a Republican does it, it's good, because Democrats can do no right & Republicans can do no wrong." Sorry to disturb your fantasy, but here's a dose of reality;
The Obama channel is paid political advertising which anyone is free to ignore as they wish.
The booby prize for most ridiculous postings is a tie between 2: Ken Taylor, who labors under the misapprehension that the USA is a Christians-Only country (read your history books a bit Ken, if you are in fact capable of reading- this country was founded in order to guarantee that everyone will remain free of persecution regardless of their religious beliefs; that's why the constitution guarantees the separation of church & state, 180 degrees opposite of brilliant Ken's position) and Opagene, who decides to play psychiatrist & accuse Obama of psychiatric problems without any basis in fact;
Opagene, I've been practicing psychiatry for 30+ yrs & am widely regarded as a thought leader in the field- McCain is seriously mentally ill & grossly mentally unfit to be POTUS- do you admire his alcohol abuse, pathological gambling, verbally abusive behavior (e.g., calling Cindy a C*** in public), or assaulting a colleague on the Senate floor? Or do you admire his long history of rash, impulsive, reckless behavior?
McCain appears to fulfill the diagnostic criteria in the DSM for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder plus at least 2 or 3 other conditions. You can't be hired to serve as a NYC police officer without medical & psychiatric evaluation; if we required that for presidential candidates, McCain's application would surely be rejected on psychiatric grounds.
Interesting how none of my patients are nearly as disturbed as the conservative posters on this blog.

All I can see in my mind is Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Schummer, Dodd, B. Frank, and the rest. Then I wake up in a sweat but realize it's only a bad dream. In a few weeks it may be worse than that; they may be in total control; God Help Us.

People forget that this guy destroyed the Hillary Clinton juggernaut. It took a HELL of an organzation and big time thinking outside the box. This is just one example of that. The Obama campaign is way more nimble than McCain's. On top of all of this, the guy has a powerhouse ground game that is just starting to stir. They are blowing up in early voting states.

Talk about propaganda. It sounds like something right out of Osama Bin Ladins handbook.
All you Obama supporters better be careful what you wish for. I have yet to meet a Obama supporter that can tell me 3 things about his policies--and I live in NYC!

A "dose of reality" as DoctorB there says, is really those of the democrat liberal persuasion continue to refuse to accept facts about how all these problems, the terrorism going on, North Korea going nuclear, stopping due to the tough talk, ( but now starting again, maybe because they perceive an Obama win means a weak and timid president is ahead?) and now the economy has it's roots in the many actions that were taken by the Democrats over the years. It all shows that most liberals do not think for themselves but rather read and believe what the mainstream media presents. For crying out loud, do a little research and get the background as to how and why the current crisis with the economy evolved into its current state. It is sickening to see how Dodd and Barney Frank are praised for trying to get us out of this jam when they are part of the major cause of this crisis.
Some of you democrats are educated are you all not? Use that education to research the facts, you'd be surprised what you can learn. Take it from me, a former bleeding heart democrat who had done this many years ago and saw the light. Liberalism does nto work. Everything the government touches they always end up screwing it up.

"I'm sure folks in Germany and Russia thought the same thing once upon a time. Maybe nothing will change... but what if it does? The signs are there; do you really want to take that chance?"
What signs are you referring to? Puh-leez, all I see is people who are bordering on delusional making huge leaps by trying to link Obama to the anti-christ and Hitler and the like. You gotta be kidding me if any rational person even thinks there's any possibility of there being even a little truth to it. All you do by spouting such drivel is allow yourself to be counted amoung the kooks of the world! Oh and that goes equally who've said the same kind of things about Bush and also think that Obama is going to save us all. There's plenty of ridiculousness running in all directions from what I can tell. No sorry but when this election is over, no matter who wins not a whole helluva lot will change, no matter how much they say it while campaigning. We won't be living in the promised land, we won't be going to he!! in a handbasket, we'll still be livin' in the good ol' USA with all of it's ups and downs and it's dysfunctional political process.

I sent an email to Dish and called them as well. They said like others have posted, that it was an ad paid for by BHO.
I told them that I had a choice selecting my programs when I decided to go with Dish. Channel 73 was not one of them and requested that it be removed. They of course said they could not do that. That was to bad I said, because I will have to end my subscription.
I was sent to a supervisor who wanted to explain to me how to block channel 73. I told him I knew how to block it and wanted to end my subscription.
It took me 5 minutes on line to get DirectTV. I still get all the same programming and without the BHO channel.
Make your voices heard folks. Tell Dish where they can stick channel 73

The FEC and FBI need to get on with investigating the rumored illegal campaign contributions right now. The public deserves and answer and if wrongful activity is found, all Obama adverts need to be taken off the air for the USA for two months - including satellite!

Wow first he makes his own Presidential seal, then we get the mobs of people chanting his name , he builds himself a temple in Denver, we get portraits of him showing up all over the place, then he calls out his secret police to go after anyone who disparages him then we get brainwashed children forced to singing about the greatness that is Obama, now we get a 24 endless loop of the great one on TV. This is really turning into North Korea faster than I figured it would. Liberal Fascism aint it great.

Just one more instance of election fraud.In OHIO, ACORN is signing up students,with blessing of the democratic secretary of state, that allows Acorn to register students on the spot without any residence verification and giving them absentee ballots immediately.

In reading most of the comments I found something really interesting.
Those who support McCain are full of mean and unadulterated hatred. Calling Obama, his campaign or his supportors names. I have seen Messiah, Hitler, Stalin, Anti-Christ, N***, Muslim, Communist, just to name a few.
You really turn off the independants who expect that we as a country are above this. I see good ideas and some manuevering prowess.
Come off the hatred..

Get Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from MSNBC to host the old black and white "Superman" TV series. They could wear hats adorned with cards in the front that says "press" just like the old movies. Intertwine the Obama loop and, voila', you have a ratings buster, er, I mean booster. If Obermann and Matthews balk at the idea, impress upon them that they would really look like journalists then and not the hack, egocentric clowns they really are.

To "Heaven Help Us All": Your comment just proves what I said before about conservative bloggers. "You should be locked up on an insane asylum?" appears to be based on your disagreement with my political views. Clearly, you know nothing about me, so you have no basis for any comment like that. "You are a disgrace to all the professionals in the mental health field" similarly has no basis other than your having differences over politics; again, this is not a basis for any far-reaching value judgment. The people who do know better, including the American Psychiatric Association & the faculty of the medical school where I teach & supervise, do not share your opinion; in fact, they've bestowed national awards upon me. They do know me, & they know a heck of a lot better than you ever could. I really don't care what you think about me because you know nothing.
You're a typical conservative-
you know nothing & you're proud of it.

Lying Liberal Fruitcakes!
The prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, he will destroy everything. And Now: For the award winning Act of Stupidity Of all times the People of America want to elect, to the most Powerful position on the face of the Planet -- The Presidency of the United states of America .. A Male of Muslim descent who is the most extremely liberal Senator in Congress (in other words an extremist) and in his 40s. Have the American People completely lost their Minds, or just their Power of Reason ??? I'm sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the 'unknown' candidate Obama...

This idea is HALF way good!
a channel that carried nothng but political ads would be ideal. We could visit there to find out about candidates. We wouldn't have to be bombarded with BS ads.
The government could pay for it--lessening the need for the candidates to raise crooked cash!
A win-win for all--especially the voters!

Fruitcake Liberals! Your nothing but lying Scumbags!
The prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, he will destroy everything. And Now: For the award winning Act of Stupidity Of all times the People of America want to elect, to the most Powerful position on the face of the Planet -- The Presidency of the United states of America .. A Male of Muslim descent who is the most extremely liberal Senator in Congress (in other words an extremist) and in his 40s. Have the American People completely lost their Minds, or just their Power of Reason ??? I'm sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the 'unknown' candidate Obama...

My problem with Dish is they through the channel up there without clealy disclosing it was a paid channel. Not until people starting complaining did they put up the "paid ad" script in the program guide. I think it should have been there from the start. I cancelling and moving to DTV

Great! This will save all the left wingers from spending their own time brainwashing their children. Just sit the kid in front of the Barry-Krishna Channel and go about your business picketing, rioting and protesting, throwing bricks at cops and hating on our troops.

I don't know why Obama needs to buy a Dish Channel, when he already is in the tank with the traditional and cable news channels. MSNBC might as well rename their station the "Obama Channel." It is amazing that anyone would be dumb enough to watch MSNBC and think they are balanced. It just goes to show how low the level of intelligence in our society has gotten.

I think it is great that Heussain Obama has his own tv channel. It should be called the Sheeple Channel. Now he has NBC, MSNBC and his own chaanel. I really hate to admit it, but it seems like a lot of people have drank the Kool-Aid. Has anyone brought up the fact that when elected, he wants to start a Federal police department. They will have military training, but all the powers of a regular police department. Probably similar to the Gestapo. Lots of luck.

Porkchops-I couldn't have said it better myself! Thank you..I am sure you will get loads of crap for it but there are others out there in this vast country that feel EXACTLY the same way and we are not nut bags like the bleeding heart liberals want to portray us as.

As a few of you have pointed out .. Obama has practically all the channels already (NBC, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, and all their subs. stations) All perhaps Fox News or Murdoch owned. Just wait until he signs the "Fairness" (IN)Doctrination" law the Pelosi and her cronies want to push out .. then all we will hear Obama 24/7 of every channel...Narcistic Reality TV.

Didn't they already do this in the movie 1984?
How is a friend of David Duke different from a friend of Rev Wright?
Optional question: Would you vote for a friend of David Duke? A Friend of Rev Wright?

What a JOKE! Egotistical self absorbed hypocrit. Where was Obama on the Bailout crisis? Not where he should have been..."Call me if/when needed". He won't even help his brother out and his supporters believe he is going to help them? Oh, by the way Obama, there are not 57 states in the United States and glad to see you came around to wearing the American Flag pin despite your previous stance of it not being needed. Flip Flop Flip Flop Obama... no worship service on the right side for this freak.

To quote (as best as I can remember) a French man from the 1800s when studying the American government:
"The American government will endure until the day the government realizes it can bribe the people with the people's money."

Fox news just reported that their changing their name to Neo-Cons, Reds, and McCains--Hold the Donkey Inc. ! Lol! Keep trying to fan the flames and claim that the media, the world, and everyone else is secretly pushing for Obama. This so called Obama Channel is paid for by "a supporter, who out of her own will, decided to purchase air time for the sake of promoting Obama". The Obama Campaign did not condone it and was unaware of it until this morning. STOP GETTING MAD THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING OBAMA AND SHOWING IT. KEEP TRYING TO CHEAT AND MAYBE YOU'LL WIN. Hell McCain stops the campaing for a total of ONE day (ads still on, Palin still campaiaing, surrogates abound....but lets forget about that), and is still losing the war. THE SURGE WORKED!!! YA! But where are the weapons of mass destruction? Wheres Al Qaeda in Iraq? Forget about that two huh? Keating Five anyone? Remember that little fiasco? 13 Houses, 12 Cars, and more than $150 million in the bank.......well i guess since Obama got a Ivy League degree (on full scholarship), that he must be out of touch and elitist. Even though Mccain's dad pulled strings so McCain could get accepted into the Naval Academy. Obama isn't perfect, hell hes got his own problems (Revered Wright, Rezko, slightly too quick political ascension, key votes, stumbles, gaffes). But change is coming. Neo-Cons, Reds, and all you who lie, cheat, steal and take this country down. ALL HAIL HALLIBURTON, cuz Obama is going to bring hell to the Neo Con establishment. P.S. Dont forget to register, so you can vote for a loser!!!! (McCain)!!!!!!!

Mind control. The socialists are good for that. If this message plays over and over again, the less informed voters may actually buy the Obama-Biden bill of goods.I do not have Dish Network and wouldn't watch the channel id I did. It has been proven that if an easily influenced person hears the same message repeatedly, then they will believe it no matter how many lies are in it. That's all this is. Wake up America. We're smarter than this. At least we'd better be! I for one do not want to become The United Socialist States of America.

Why not give Obama his own blimp and name on a stadium? Maybe his wife Michelle can have a fragrance named after her. Too bad that if he gets elected, no one will have any money left to buy cable TV or do much of anything. Watching the obama channel is like watching a person reading a book for 3 stupid hours.

So fearless leader has his own propaganda channel? Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez will be so proud. I for one WILL NOT VOTE for a candidate that employs banana republic propaganda techniques on American soil. This Obama creep scares the hell out of me. Most Americans don't know that few in Cuba knew Castro was communist until after he came into power. I have a friend where I work that was 10 years old when Castro took Cuba. His family lost everything they owned and had to escape to Florida. Obama and Castro are so similar it is uncanny.

Well Thank God I dont have DISH, cuz when DIRECT TV let's him buy a channel, Thats when I disconnect my service. I personally feel that allowing the sale of this channel to Nobama, becomes an endorsement.

Thankfully ****** allows the locking-out of channels. I lock his channel out due to its immature content. Putting his nose in the air, employing the tactics of Saul Alinsky doesn't make him right, just in your face. His mother had COMMUNIST friends to exploit her loneliness when his father left them. Must have been some formative years. And drugs. What was Obama's BRAIN on drugs like. Remeber the eggs in the frying pan? Did his brain recover? Which drugs did he use and for how long? ANSWERS!! Dammit, Obama fools! Maybe, if he wins, you can all pass a bong and celebrate!

Another channel to block along with all the other useless home shopping networks. I love how I have to pay for this channel. I am sure those that will watch it can find out the latest direction from the One they have been waiting for.

Thankfully ****** allows the locking-out of channels. I lock his channel out due to its immature content. Putting his nose in the air, employing the tactics of Saul Alinsky doesn't make him right, just in your face. His mother had COMMUNIST friends to exploit her loneliness when his father left them. Must have been some formative years. And drugs. What was Obama's BRAIN on drugs like. Remeber the eggs in the frying pan? Did his brain recover? Which drugs did he use and for how long? ANSWERS!! Dammit, Obama fools! Maybe, if he wins, you can all pass a bong and celebrate!

I have Dish Network, I just called them to verify. Yes they do. I canceled my account.
They are NOT very happy! I told them I have going to email everyone I know who has Dish and ask them to cancel too!
Dish charges extra for Fox News anyway. Time for a change from Dish!

First making his speech in Germany like he was already president, Having the children singing praises to Obama like they did for Hilter and now getting his own tv channel on Direct TV. Doesn't anyone notice anything very strange about this, is he trying to be president or king (messiah).

Well, it's bad enough that cable and satellite force us to pay for channels we don't want or like. The technology exists to have a fully customized menu and not pay for MTV, etc. But we can't.
Obama consorts with terrorists and fruitcake preachers. He's taking tens of millions of dollars from foreign contributors knowing that the FEC won't get around to spanking him for a couple of years.
I just wonder how much Dish would charge, or if people would object, to the Osama Bin Laden channel if Al Quaida paid for it.

I've tuned into the Obama channel a couple of times checking to see if there's any "change" and tonight I think I noticed a little blip every couple of seconds - I'm not real sure on this has anyone else noticed it?

This is just a start. He will soon own the FCC and will control all broadcasting. Finally, we won't have to see all those conflicting opinions on TV. There will be just one story-line on every issue, formulated and verified by the government. It will be so reassuring to know that Pelosi, Reed and Obama are making sure that there are no alternate views to confuse us. What a wonderful world it will be!

How does Obama expect people to relate to him as a middle class American when he is buying TV channels and attending $32,000 per person events in Hollywood as a fundraiser or the upcoming concert with Billy Joel with ticket prices at $250, $500, and $1,000? He is an elitist, and a power freak. He doesn't care about us - he cares about himself.

OMG!!! What is the matter??? Has the liberal media fallen down on their job and not plastered his stupid mug on the airways enough to suit this ego maniac? Now he has to get his own TV commercial??? OK, I have been having problems falling to sleep. mmmmm this may be a good cure for that. Did anyone watch Biden/Palin? CNN and MSNBC and the other lying liberal tv, has been saying Biden won. Try looking at the Drudge Poll. As of 23:15 PST the count is Biden 29%, Palin 69% and Neither 2%. mmmm interesting..

I bash Dishnet about this when I paid my bill and they explained it was a paid ad. Anyway they must have had several complaints and now on their TV schedule they have posted that it is a paid ad. I thought Dishnet was turning into another CNN ABC CBS NBC MSNBC and whatever else there is sucking up to Obama these days. According to the Drudge Poll...Palin whipped Bidenfart.

If this one has the righties in a dizzy, wait until Obama brings back the fairness doctrine. Ed Shultz and Tom Hartman will be blaring across all 50 states. LMAO
Posted By: dcvoter | October 02, 2008 at 08:03 AM
Hey, you don't want the other 7 states to feel left out!

Anyone still think that the democrats are not the rich party? How many hundreds of millions has he spent promoting himself? He spends $40 million+ per month on salary? What will he do to the US Government? Triple it.
This elitist con artist socialist will destroy america, but he will sound nice doing it...
God Bless America!

Anyone else besides me see the irony here? Obama goes out and buys a television station so he can air pro-Obama propaganda 24/7, while ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and just about every newspaper in the country spew pro-Obama propaganda every chance they get for FREE!! Obama should have kept his money and used it to help supplement the ongoing expense of hiring unemployed junkies to secure the votes of dead people and illegal aliens.

After watching Obama Channel for 10 minutes, I have hope again! Tomorrow will be better if we elect Obama!!
Posted By: FormerRepublican | October 01, 2008 at 11:36
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WITH ALL THE LIES OBAMA HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN, YOU ARE WILLING TO BELEIVE SOMETHING HE REHEARSED???
are you people real breathing humans or are we talking to computers here?

I called DishNet last night and asked them to reprogram and remove the Obama channel from my program guide.
They gave me their best talking points, the main one being that Obama had purchased access to the media. I asked them again to remove it and they refused.
I then explained that I, too, purchase access to their media, and that they have now made it unattractive enough to me so that I must cancel my subscription.
They turned off my service immediately and said they were sending me a box to pack up all the hardware to ship back to them.
I'm just plain tired of the soviet tactics. Does anyone out there recommend DirectTV or Hughes Skynet?

WOW.... Thank God there are sane Americans who see the fascist methods of Obama. It is ironic that the far-left fanatics and most Democrats are silent. The rise of Obama seems eerily similar to Hitler, without the evil intentions. And President Bush and the Republicans are the scapegoat for all things wrong, no matter what.

This may sound ridiculous, but many famous world leaders have had their own channel with a looping message. Just to name a few, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro.

Next Osama Obama can takeover TBN and PTL and declare to the world that he is the annointed one, Redeemer and savior to the whole world. How fortunate we are to have him appear in our life time! Let's all chant now, "we're not worthy".

Funny, We found this at 7:30pm est. and spoke with a Dish Network representative at approx 820pm and posted it on our blog by 9:30-10:00pm WITH PHOTOS. On Oct 1st it was NOT LISTED AS A PAID AD. THERE WERE NO DISCLAIMERS. Disclaimers and the listing stating "Paid Ad" was added after we made multiple phone calls. It is all posted on our blog at www.dncreform.com along with a heated rant.

Probably will turn out to be a very effective tool to get his propaganda out to a lot of Dish subscribers. I have never watched a Obama commercial, because of my 'SKIP FWD' button. But I stopped (it's still playing in the background after 5 minutes) on the OBAMA channel as I was surfing by. I left it on in the background as I Googled to find out what was happening and why he had his own channel. Soon this will be a a channel every dish subscriber will know about and can go to to get the latest Obama commercials or news. Scary! In the future every candidate will have their own channel.